I thought we were the Deepest team we have been?

[drewhaus7]

Been is going to have to prove the Gophers are the deepest team they have in the next week. 3 games in 4 days with 2 of them down in Florida, one day off then home game. Then Michigan State 3 days after that.

Is Caleb still out with mono? I know some injuries to Mitchell and Cochran, but Ben is going to need more minutes out of Edmonds, Betts, Fox. Funny how Edmonds and Williams can do well against us, but then find very few minutes when playing for us. Going to be an interesting important stretch of the season here.

 

[bga1]

We are the deepest team Ben has had. Unfortunately, other than Garcia and perhaps Mitchell we are very deep at a low level of talent. The 10th guy isn't much worse than the 3rd guy but the 3rd guy isn't any good. We are going to be deep.....in the standings.

 

[jovs]

Been is going to have to prove the Gophers are the deepest team they have in the next week. 3 games in 4 days with 2 of them down in Florida, one day off then home game. Then Michigan State 3 days after that.

Is Caleb still out with mono? I know some injuries to Mitchell and Cochran, but Ben is going to need more minutes out of Edmonds, Betts, Fox. Funny how Edmonds and Williams can do well against us, but then find very few minutes when playing for us. Going to be an interesting important stretch of the season here.

Betts goes 2/3 and 5 points in six minutes in the first half and then doesn't see the floor again. You develop depth, just not going to happen. He's coaching to save his job now, the results can be predicted, might as well be gone.

 

[Gopherbbdude]

Betts goes 2/3 and 5 points in six minutes in the first half and then doesn't see the floor again. You develop depth, just not going to happen. He's coaching to save his job now, the results can be predicted, might as well be gone.

His defense is HORRIBLE

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Is Caleb still out with mono? I know some injuries to Mitchell and Cochran, but Ben is going to need more minutes out of Edmonds, Betts, Fox.

He's playing Fox quite a bit. Edmonds did have a couple of nice games coming off the bench when F. Mitchell was sidelined but has not played much since.

I think it shows that Ben already is desperate and is keeping his rotations short. Betts made a nice offensive contribution coming off the bench in the first half against CMU but I don't think he ever entered the game in the second. Had the team been able to get any daylight between them and the opponents since the first game, I would assume Betts and Edmonds would have played more.

Wichita State has played well so far and deservedly is ranked ahead of us by Pomeroy. The team really will have to clamp down on defense while avoiding fouling too much in order to have a good shot of beating them.

 

[jovs]

His defense is HORRIBLE

I don't remember him making any big mistakes last night, letting his man break free and getting open layups, played as well as anyone. The guy he was guarding made one pull up jumper across the middle.

 

[drewhaus7]

I don't remember him making any big mistakes last night, letting his man break free and getting open layups, played as well as anyone. The guy he was guarding made one pull up jumper across the middle.

Yeah in his limited minutes in other games he also had and and 1 basket. offensive rebound, and some nice defensive stops and rebounds. Ben just needs to let him play to get him some confidence. His size and ability for the 3 spot is very ideal and Ben isn't taking advantage of that. 57% FG and 50% 3 PT in limited minutes. Rigsby is 31.8FG and 24% 3 PT. He could definitely help Garcia by cutting when the leave him to double team Garcia. There are plenty of other Gophers who in general play great defense that also have their lapses...going to happen.

Just saying if Ben doesn't find a way to get more minutes out of these, the next week will wear some tread off the tires. Between traveling and 3 games in 4 days. Then 3 days only after that until MSU comes in.

 

[Slim Tubby]

His defense is HORRIBLE

True...but you don't get any better sitting on the bench.

Since he wouldn't guard Garcia, there's nobody else that needs to be defended in practice, either.

 

[bga1]

His defense is HORRIBLE

The problem with this roster is that outside of Garcia one would have a hard time finding a guy who wouldn't fit the "His ____________ is horrible" statement.

Choose one of these to put in the blank and you can do it for nearly every player:
speed
defense
offense
ball handling/ball security
passing
shooting
free throw shooting

 

[bga1]

He's playing Fox quite a bit. Edmonds did have a couple of nice games coming off the bench when F. Mitchell was sidelined but has not played much since.

I think it shows that Ben already is desperate and is keeping his rotations short.

This ^^